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Creative Scripts For Hypnotherapy
About This Book
First published in 1994, this book provides a selection of time-tested hypnotherapy scripts which aim to ease a variety of problemssuch as in the workplace, concerning pain relief, psychometric disorders, fears and phobias, self-discovery, memory retrieval, habit disorders, ego strengthening and sexual difficulties. The volume alsointends to assist withsuch problems of childhood as enuresis, learning disabilities, fears, night terrors and asthma while also suggesting a variety of induction and self-hypnosis techniques. Hunter offers an insightful commentary alongside each script which exhibits state-of-the-art research as well as an expanded reference section and annotated bibliography. Its spacious format enables therapists to take notes as required andalter the script to meet the varying personalneeds of their patients. Case histories and in-depth information as to how and when to use a particular script is also included.
Frequently asked questions
Information
PART I
THE BASIC BASICS
Induction Techniques
Self-Hypnosis Techniques
“Homework”
Literature and Commentary
1
Induction Techniques
BASIC INDUCTION TECHNIQUE
Settle yourself down into a very comfortable position. That’s right. Remember, you can always move or shift your position any time, to make yourself more comfortable. Make sure your back and head are supported, and everything feels just right. | reassuring that the subject has control physical comfort is important |
Now let your eyes find something pleasant and convenient to focus on and just keep looking at that, whatever it might be, for a little time. | |
By and by you may find your eyes getting just a little heavier and it seems as if it would be nice to let them close for a little while. Find out how it feels to let them close for a few seconds and then open them again — then close open one more time and close — that’s right. You may notice that there is a gentle flickering in your eyelids. That can be a cue for you, that you are entering some delightful space in your mind where time loses its usual meaning and you are able to perceive so many things in a different way. | less intimidating than the suggestion to close them — period — especially in an inexperienced subject if you watch carefully, you will see the eyes glaze just before they flicker— a good time to mention it! |
Imagine yourself in some very nice place, where everything is just the way it would be if you could order it specially for yourself. And as you spend a little time there, gradually the tightness eases away and you become even more comfortable. | makes it personal acknowledges the tightness (i.e., tension) which most inexperienced subjects have |
Fill in all the details of your daydream: what you might see in your mind’s eye, and what you might hear with your inward ear; how your body feels with whatever it is doing in your imagination. If you are lying on a tropical beach, feel the warm sun, feel the sand, feel the movement in your body as it snuggles down into a comfortable position in the sand. If you are swimming in that tropical lagoon, feel the movement in your body as it glides through the water, feel the water as it slips coolly over your skin. Find out how your body feels. | “inward” differentiated from “outward” invoke all the senses: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, touch, smell, taste, warmth/coolness |
There may be things in your daydream that you want to reach out and touch, or taste. There may be aromas that are associated with that. Find out what the colors are like, whether it is warm or cool, if there’s anyone else there — all the details that add color and richness and enjoyment to our daydreaming. | implying comfortably that we all daydream and this is so similar |
And while you are doing that, your inner mind will be taking you to your own best level of comfortable hypnosis, whatever is just right for you, to achieve what you are going to achieve today. | whatever YOU (the subject) do, is right |
VISUAL IMAGERY
Settle back very comfortably in your chair, let your eyes close, and imagine your favorite big white fluffy cloud settling down beside you — so close that you can climb on to that cloud and embark on a wonderful fantasy. | the invitation |
Feel the fluffiness and soft supportiveness of that cloud, as it gently envelops you and begins to lift you up, so that you are floating, floating up into the sky completely protected, comfortably supported, absolutely safe. | kinesthetic awareness added to visual imagery essential to feel SAFE |
As the cloud drifts easily through the sky, an inquisitive bird swoops down and lands beside you on the cloud. It looks at you questioningly as if to say, “Come, play tag with me!” | (you may wish to make sure that there are no bird phobias) |
Then it spreads its wings and takes off again, dipping and swooping and soaring around the cloud, getting caught on a warm updraught of air, wafted on a soft breeze, completely free. | |
Your cloud seems to want to follow the bird, and you, too, are wondering where it might lead you. Below, you can see the tops of the trees and yet amazingly, from your place on the cloud, you can also see every branch and leaf outlined in delicate tracery; the green and yellow fields of grain have wind-waves skittering across them and there is the silver ribbon of a little river winding its way through the valley. | be inquisitive |
And then you glimpse, off in the ... |
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: The Basic Basics
- Part II: Getting Past Roadblocks
- Part III: Pain Relief
- Part IV: Psychosomatic Disorders
- Part V: Journeys Of Self-Discovery
- Part VI: Children
- Part VII: Habit Disorders
- Part VIII: Sexuality
- Part IX: Rehabilitation
- Reasearch and References
- Bibliography